Claim that #Chinese #scientists created 100% fatal #COVID19strain misconstrues study’s findings

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jan/26/instagram-posts/claim-that-chinese-scientists-created-100-fatal-co/

Researchers in #China recently released a study, which has not been peer-reviewed, that tested the #GX_P2V #coronavirus on #geneticallyengineered mice. Although #GXP2V belongs to the coronavirus family, it did not originate from #SARS-CoV-2, which causes #COVID19.

Chinese scientists didn’t create 100% fatal COVID-19 strain

Should we panic? Social media users might after seeing online claims that researchers in China are concocting a disease

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